Wednesday, September 7, 2011

There are Rockstars out there. Ninjas or some other kind of guys been given or given themselves titles like famous and successful members of well know communities. Sometimes it all sounds like there is slightly more to it than communicating some kind of celebrity status, or even 'stardom'. Don't get me wrong. Most of them are an essential part of the Java ecosystem but to me, looking at the deeper meanings of the available titles, this all simply does not make sense. I don't want to read about celebrities. I want to read about people displaying courage and sometimes even self-sacrifice for the greater good. For Java. I want to read about Heroes rather than agents, fighters or solo artists. This is why I started interviewing Java people. Some I know. Some you might know. With this first post in a new series called "The Heroes of Java" I kick off the publishing. New interviews will appear on an irregular basis and I don't have a final list of people to ask for answering my questions. But I hope: Some will jump in. A big thanks to those who already did!

A very special "Thank You" goes out to my editor behind the scenes. All this wouldn't have been possible without the help and motivation of Tonya R Moore (@tonyaraemoore). She uses her background in music business and law to wrangle the egos and word the words of the Java community and helped the German to think outside the box and get his beloved second language under control.

I addition to the suggestions made by others, I would like to nominate David Blevins (still rather young, but quite impressive CV with among others Co-Founder Apache TomEE, OpenEJB and EJB 3.2 and Java EE 7 EG member, etc).